> Date:    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:06:54 -0700
> From:    Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: 1987 VW Camper Van-damaged by engine fire-for sale best offer
>          (alameda) CA
>
> dear burning van
>
> <snip>
>
> then i wondered if i was owning a gas powered vanagon - would i be smart
> enough to change the fuel lines -
> i mean i could certainly do the job -
> but would i be smart enough to make it happen in a timely fashion -
> yours
Well...before this list started (to my knowledge at least) I had the joy
of standing by while watching my '78 Westy burn to the ground after a
ruptured fuel injector hose.  That was very instructive to me, and
provided sufficient motivation to swap the hoses when I got my '86 Westy.

Lot's of folks have learned, now, from this list about the fuel hose
danger -  with many other personal accounts of disaster.  With my '78, I
can claim ignorance (and I hereby make that proclamation!).  But having
read these accounts here, and still not finding sufficient motivation to
change your hoses, you'll likely be provided with a more *personal*
object lesson in the future.

Having now used both forms of "instruction", I can unequivocally
recommend listening to the listees as the more enjoyable method.  :-)

Keith Hughes
'86 Westy Tiico (Marvin, now with A2 fuel rail and NO injector hoses!!)